Seda Salap-Ayca

Seda Salap-Ayca is a Lecturer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, affiliated with the School of Design at the Mount Ida Campus and the Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences within the School of Earth and Sustainability. Her work bridges design and geospatial science, emphasizing spatial analysis and modeling.

Education:

• Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara and San Diego State University
• M.S., Middle East Technical University, Turkey
• B.S., Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Her research is centered on GIScience, with a strong focus on geospatial modeling, spatial data evolution, geodatabases, and land-use models. She investigates decision-making through multi-criteria analysis and develops spatial decision support systems. A significant component of her work involves spatial statistical techniques and the assessment of spatially explicit uncertainty and sensitivity analysis, contributing to robust geospatial inference and modeling.

The available information does not include recent publications, but her research interests suggest strong engagement with computational geography, environmental modeling, and data-driven spatial planning.

There are no listed scientific awards at this time.

Seda Salap-Ayca advises students in geospatial sciences and related fields, though specific advisees are not listed. There is no mention of grants or funded research projects in the provided text.

She is associated with the geospatial research community at UMass Amherst, potentially contributing to interdisciplinary efforts between the School of Design and the School of Earth and Sustainability, particularly in areas integrating design thinking with geospatial analytics and environmental systems modeling.